Local bassist Tony “Chicago” Russell was awarded a Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding music direction at the ceremony, ...

Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says united local opposition to a federal intervention led the president to "back down." ...

In 2024, Chicago's immigrant population climbed to nearly 600,000, its highest level since 2006, according to a WBEZ analysis ...

President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about the city didn't deter one arts group from moving ahead with an ...

The federal government stopped publishing comprehensive data in January after President Donald Trump took office, but ...

As the Sun-Times and WBEZ report on this moment in the Chicago area, we’ve assembled a series of explainers to help you make ...

A day after activist and Illinois native Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah campus event, students say they want a ...

Research shows getting educated in prison helps prevent people from going back. In Illinois, new state data shows higher ...

On an anxiety-filled day for the city, there were sporadic reports of arrests in Chicago’s Latino community as hundreds of ...

We speak with the reporter who investigated the 18 inmate deaths in 2023 — and get an update from the Cook County Sheriff’s ...